As of this morning I have just resigned my position as a freenode staffer.
I just couldn't offer the sort of time that is needed to operate as a staff member for this busy IRC network. I deeply regret not having 32 hour days so I could fit all my daily activities into one day.
So I have had to decide which projects I do have time for, and of those which am I more involved with and/or passionate about.
I am currently helping out with the SVN server issues at Apache, and I have spend a considerable amount of time using the Dell DRAC cards to monitor the console of the said server. I live in the UK, and this server is in Oregon. A fair old distance away.
To me this is no magical mystery, but to my wife on the other hand, well. I was running the remote media option, to boot a Dell diagnostic CD. She simply could not fathom how a single ISO image file on my laptop could make a server 9 hours flying time away boot up and run a new set of programs. She was baffled to say the least.
Oh how some days I wish I could go back to being that naive. But this is not likely to happen any time soon, alas.
I have been helping to rebuild the primary ASF SVN server over the past few days.
Thsi has been my first real exposure to BSD. I have to say I am very imprrssed thus far. Ports is incredible and just works.
Oh no, I hope this wont affect my liking on openSuse....
I habe finally found time to upload the new design for www.pc-tony.com
Not sure many of you will use www.pc-tony.com but it does have some links to all my other online presence.
I have just succumbed to using flickr to host my images. I used to host them in a gallery on www.pc-tony.com but that got painful. So I have, somewhat late I might add, joined the flickr bandwagon.
I have even paid for their pro service. So far I am pretty impressed. The Flickr uploadr works well enough, even allowing me to work off line (for most tasks) so I can sift through my images on the train and then use the big pipe in the office to do the uploading of hundreds of megabytes of images.
I have also added a flickr badge to www.pc-tony.com. Looks nice.